esophagoenterostomy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

esophago- +‎ enterostomy

Noun[edit]

esophagoenterostomy (countable and uncountable, plural esophagoenterostomies)

  1. (surgery) A surgical operation that involves suturing the esophagus to the duodenum and removing the stomach.
    • 2005, Courtney M. Townsend, David C. Sabiston, Pocket Companion to Sabiston Textbook of Surgery[1], Saunders, →ISBN, page 178:
      Because the esophagus has no serosa, esophagoenterostomies are much higher risk.